Chris M.
Flashlight Enthusiast
So here I am, almost done catching up with the posts from last night up in the General Flashlight board, when I feel a slight vibration accompanied by a low rumble-like noise, thought it may have been a large truck accelerating down the road- except I heard no engine and our road is narrow and full of parked cars so large vehicles rarely come here. Some of the torches I have all closely lined up on the windowsill rattled faintly against the window.
A moment later there`s a dull but noteable "thump" which I felt/saw- shook the wall and floor and made most of the torches rattle more! I have a load of light bulbs in hang-up retail card packs pinned on the end wall in here (for those who don`t know, I`m an avid light bulb collector!) and remember seeing some of those wobble (flap outwards slightly), out of the corner of my eye. Felt like maybe someone had hit the outside wall of the house with a big heavy object like a rock or large mallet, except the noise was much duller, sort of distant, so it couldn`t have been that.
The slight rumble/vibration faded away within seconds. The whole event can`t have lasted more than 8-10 seconds. I had a peek out the front window and the road was quiet, no-one near the house either. No supersonic aircraft in the sky that I could have seen, so I don`t think `twere a Sonic Boom.
Could it have been an earth tremor? I know in the past there have been very slight tremors in this country but those were nothing more than a slight vibration that would make drinking glasses in a cupboard (or flashlights on a windowsill) rattle slightly, and are usually otherwise un-feelable. I`ve never experienced a "thump" before.
I know I`m the only Welshman here so asking if anyone else felt it would be largely meaningless. Just thought it was an odd little anecdote for the end of a long and tiring day (and perhaps someone knows a good international meterological site that has up to the minute earthquake reports, or somet like that)....
A moment later there`s a dull but noteable "thump" which I felt/saw- shook the wall and floor and made most of the torches rattle more! I have a load of light bulbs in hang-up retail card packs pinned on the end wall in here (for those who don`t know, I`m an avid light bulb collector!) and remember seeing some of those wobble (flap outwards slightly), out of the corner of my eye. Felt like maybe someone had hit the outside wall of the house with a big heavy object like a rock or large mallet, except the noise was much duller, sort of distant, so it couldn`t have been that.
The slight rumble/vibration faded away within seconds. The whole event can`t have lasted more than 8-10 seconds. I had a peek out the front window and the road was quiet, no-one near the house either. No supersonic aircraft in the sky that I could have seen, so I don`t think `twere a Sonic Boom.
Could it have been an earth tremor? I know in the past there have been very slight tremors in this country but those were nothing more than a slight vibration that would make drinking glasses in a cupboard (or flashlights on a windowsill) rattle slightly, and are usually otherwise un-feelable. I`ve never experienced a "thump" before.
I know I`m the only Welshman here so asking if anyone else felt it would be largely meaningless. Just thought it was an odd little anecdote for the end of a long and tiring day (and perhaps someone knows a good international meterological site that has up to the minute earthquake reports, or somet like that)....